📣 hot in press: Luca's first 1st author paper identifying three novel groups of primate #IFITMs and three mechanism of evolution for the #IFN-regulated #IFITMs. Great collaboration with Joana and Pedro Esteves. (1/2) Universität München BIOPOLIS-CIBIO 👇 frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

It was a pleasure to host Michelle Vincendeau from Helmholtz Munich | @HelmholtzMunich yesterday. She gave a talk on HERVs impacting brain development. Infect-Net

In 1929, Alexander Fleming published his paper outlining the antibacterial properties of penicillin, and began the era of antibiotics. Read the Nobel Prize laureate's full article online: goo.gl/G8mUHd

proud to have graduate researcher Luca in our midst! congrats to Luca!👏😎

Cool paper from the #Suerbaumlab, co-corresponding author Ailloud, on global analyses of distribution of bacterial Methyltransferase enzymes (distribution and evolution), with contributions by our program member and respected colleague Wilhelm Gottschall. Proud of this work!🍾😎

Professor Sebastian E. Winter ist für seine bahnbrechenden Arbeiten auf dem Gebiet „Das Mikrobiom des Darms – von innovativer Funktionsanalyse zu Interventionen“ mit dem Pettenkofer-Preis 2023 im Rathaus ausgezeichnet worden. ➡️ Infos und Fotos fcld.ly/k48x7ui

Happy to see Stephanie Pfaender awarded the Robert Koch Award from City of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, birthplace of Robert Koch. Stephanie was a former Ph.D. (now Professor) of our Dfg graduate program IRTG 1273. Doing great work on virus-host interactions, including corona. Love😍😎

Our official poster is out 🪧 EMBO workshop "The inflammasomes - 2024". September 24 - 27, 2024 | Planegg-Martinsried, Germany - 4 keynote lectures - 20 talks - 15 short talk slots - many networking opportunities - 🎡 & 🥨 & 🍻 Register here 👇 meetings.embo.org/event/24-infla…

Ever asked yourself the scientific question how bacteria can be diversifying in terms of epigenetics and DNA methylation? A recent paper by Lubna Patel from our Doc@MvPI graduate program has some answers 😻🌞: doi.org/10.1186/s12915…

rdcu.be/dKjfT check out the article by Lubna

Lysosomal endonuclease RNase T2 and PLD exonucleases cooperatively generate RNA ligands for TLR7 activation: Immunity cell.com/immunity/fullt… Veit Hornung has a fascinating story out.👍🧠🍦

👉 Summarizing the recent literature, our new review highlights the emerging theme of context-dependency in intestinal colonization resistance! It was so much fun to write this piece with Simon Woelfel and @marta_tita15 ! European Research Council (ERC) Microbiome Signatures DocMvPI

How much do you know about the trailblazing scientist Barbara McClintock? McClintock's pioneering research was rejected by the scientific community but she didn't give up. Watch our video to learn more about this remarkable laureate who was born on this day 122 years ago.